Flood mitigation efforts in Purley & Woodcote Monday, 25 November, 2024 Apparently, it’s the end of the Flood Awareness Week so this post feels timely. Flood mitigation has been a key priority of mine as I have previously blogged about. I was pleased to welcome Croydon Council’s Director of Sustainable Communities, Karen Agbabiaka and its new Head of Highways, Brian Fitzpatrick to Purley earlier this month along with Rob Varney, TfL’s Local Communities & Partnerships... Local News
Chris Philp MP: Home Office Oral Questions 25 Nov 2024 25th November 2024 12,021 arrived illegally by small boat in the 143 days before Labour was elected and cancelled the Rwanda scheme - 19,988 arrivals in the 143 days since, up 66%... Westminster News
Chris Philp MP: Home Office Oral Questions 25 Nov 2024 25th November 2024 I called on the Labour Govt at Home Office OPQs to confirm that Ministers have always been honest with the public in high profile terror-related cases... Westminster News
Revitalising Little Roke Footbridge: A Safer, Brighter Pathway 24th November 2024 Little Roke footbridge had long been a challenging route for pedestrians, particularly during school drop-off and pick-up times. Overgrown vegetation made it... Local News
Croydon’s 16 Days of Action: Standing Together to End Violence Against Women and Girls 22nd November 2024 Every year, from 25th November to 10th December, people around the world come together for the 16 Days of Action—a campaign dedicated to ending violence against... Local News
Chestnut Gardens Care Home - Monthly Community Cafe 22nd November 2024 Chestnut Gardens Care Home (93 Foxley Lane, Purley, CR8 3HP) is hosting its monthly community cafe on Wednesday 27th November (2.30-4.30pm) with details... Local News
Connecting Kenley: road safety improvements 20th November 2024 On July 13, 2024, Kenley community and council representatives convened for a Co-Design Session to discuss improvements under the Connecting Kenley Healthy... Local News
Chris Philp MP: Labour’s plan to decimate family farming 19th November 2024 With colleagues protesting at the Labour Govt’s appalling plan to decimate family farming Many farmers don’t make much money If Labour destroys family farming... Westminster News
Chris Philp MP: Sky News on ‘thought Police’ and stopping the boats 17th November 2024 We need to ensure police only investigate crime, or incidents at real risk of imminently leading to crime. I hope the Home Secretary does not undo changes... Westminster News
Chris Philp MP: Purley and Coulsdon Clubs for the Elderly (PACE) 15th November 2024 Wonderful to drop by Lansdowne Road, Purley, to meet folk at the Purley and Coulsdon Clubs for the Elderly (PACE), who run an amazing day centre/lunch club for... Local News
Amanda Milling: ‘The PM still has support of Red Wall despite locking down the North’ 19th September 2020 Amanda Milling, chairwoman of the Conservative party, is wincing at the memory of being a government whip at the height of last year’s parliamentary paralysis... National News
Independent Investigation into Discrimination reaches second phase 18th September 2020 The Independent Investigation into Discrimination within the Conservative party reaches its second phase: the public call for evidence. National News
Prime Minister’s statement on protecting the Union: Speech in Full 14th September 2020 The Prime Minister sets out the case for the Internal Market Bill, which would secure free trade inside of the United Kingdom once we exit the transition period... National News
UK and Japan agree historic free trade agreement 14th September 2020 This deal will boost trade between our two countries by £15.2 billion, creating jobs and delivering new opportunities across every part of the United Kingdom. National News
